Tessie C. Wright, 89, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, August 24, 2023, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Sunday, August 27, 2023, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with Brother Bobby Hiers officiating. Interment will follow in the Mystic Cemetery, in Irwin County, Georgia. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Wright was born August 9, 1934, in Turner County, Georgia, to the late Lonnie & Mary Ann Gilleon Cooley. She worked as an inspector at Anchor Glass in Warner Robins, Georgia. Mrs. Wright will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved her. Mrs. Wright was of the Baptist Purity faith.
She is survived by her children: Charles Allen & Marcie Barker of Fernandina Beach, Florida, Mary Ernestine Barker of Bradenton, Florida, Eugenia & Richard Bennett of Fitzgerald, Sheila Mae Hastings of Chico, Texas and Doris Marie Faris of Hurst, Texas; grandchildren: Ryan Cole Barker, Kevin Aaron Barker and Kalea Lynn Barker. A host of nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Malgram R. “Sam” Wright; one grandson, Michael Lankford Bennett and 8 brother and sisters.